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Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Thoughts of Early Spring--Part II

Be sure and read Part I first (click HERE) if you missed it. Today I will show you more photos of our yard in March of 2007. Above are our beautiful Tulips (in the side flowerbed). Below are more!

Here's more of our Tulips.. Aren't they just gorgeous?

Here's a picture of some of our Daffodils --along with more of the Tulips.

I love the pink Tulips and of course, our beautiful Daffodils (or Jonquils, or whatever you call them in your area of the country).

Here is the best picture I have ever taken of the telephone pole in our front yard... Isn't it a beauty????? ha ha (Oh how we hate that pole--but it's there. We inherited it!) Anyhow--except for the stupid pole, I love the picture of our Redbud and our white Dogwood---both blooming.

Here's one more picture of our side yard ---looking at the big side flowerbed toward the backyard.

I showed you this little round flowerbed in yesterday's post---but the one yesterday was taken at the beginning of March and this one was taken toward the end of March that year. Even the lilies are beginning to sprout.

+++++++++++++++++++++++++++OKAY---I mentioned yesterday that I didn't want my yard to look like this in March this year. Wonder why I said that!!!????? Well----seeing the following picture will help you to understand.This is what happened the first of April, 2007 (AFTER that beautiful March we had had). We had a VERY hard freeze here (for about 4-5 days) ---and lost all of our Daffodils, Tulips and Lilies ----along with our Redbud, Dogwoods, and Azaleas blooms. The picture above when compared with the one above this one, shows how the freeze zapped all of the lilies --and turned them to mush.

You can read about this horrible freeze and see pictures by clicking HERE. Many of you may remember this post from April 5, 2009--when we were afraid that we were going to have another horrible April freeze. Luckily, we didn't. But--as long as I live, I will never forget the Freeze of April 2007.

Now you should know why I do not want the March beauty in our yard. I'll take it any other time--but not March. Our weather usually always gives us at least one more freeze in early APRIL---so if we have beauty, we want it to wait until after the last April freeze... The horrible freeze in 2007 was the worst I have EVER seen. You won't believe it until you see the pictures of the black leaves on the trees which had just added those new spring leaves.

SO---do I want a beautiful March like we had in 2007??? Absolutely NOT---if there is a chance we will have a freeze and lose everything in April... Okay--now you know the answer to my 'tricky' question!!!!

I do remember that freeze Betsy. It was awful and caught all the plants in their underware. We had to cancel our Garden Club Tour that year for no one had a garden.I'm with you. Spring, come only when it is safe.

Betsy;) I just love your tulips and daffodils (which is what we call them in South Africa) We also have a late frost in South Africa -normally after winter - about October third week, which is way into spring, almost summer in SA. So I also learnt to W A I T and it's well worth it. Thanks for this post. I'm doing a garden post tomorrow - missing my garden back home but have photos to keep me going here in Khartoum! (((Hugs))) Jo

Ahhhhh! I totally agree with you! We once had an early May freeze and all the blossoms on the trees froze and consequently there was no fruit on those particular trees that summer. Not nice! Wish you an awesome day!

Oh your tulips are stunning and you have inspired me to plant some bulbs of my own Betsy. I remember that freeze it was terrible, we had late snow last year on March 28 and it did the same here, so sad.

Oh how I remember that freeze,it devastated the apple crop around here along with my muscadines and even made wild flowers not bloom that bloom that year.I with you we don't need a warm March to get everything started early! Have a blessed day,Marilyn

We usually have a late frost after being lulled into thinks Spring has arrived. Since we are having such a mild winter I am thinks the other shoe will drop very soon.

I don't think Hawks rob the Eagles nest but I have seen Hawks chasing Eagles but I think that is after an Eagle has robbed the Hawks nest. The Hawks like the little varmints (mice, frogs etc). Eagles are mostly scavengers---sad to say. They love a good road kill. While we have seen magnificent pics of Eagles scooping fish out of the water they are here by the rivers because of the spawning salmon---their fav food. Our Majestic Bird.

Beautiful pictures, Betsy! My favorite, of course, is the telephone pole...hee,hee. (By the way, we have a hated telephone pole, too. I have to try to take all my pictures around it.)

Oh, how well I recall that freeze in 2007---ugly,ugly,ugly. I especially remember how the frozen hostas looked----wilted and gooshy, like they had melted or something. I hated even going outside after that freeze---the plants and trees looked so very sad.

Wow! The colors just pop off the screen! It almost looks like it's not real. And of course I love the redbud, but I see what you mean about the pole! Those light pink tulips are soooo georgous! But I also notice your grass. Maybe it's because everything here's been white for so long, but your grass seems exceptionally bright green. Do you have one of those yard services treat the grass? I did look at your freeze post, and have to say I've never seen anything like it. Those black leaves would give me the heebie jeebies!! That's just creepy and depressing. That one shot of the tree leaning sideways with all the black leaves, and the long shot of the many trees with black ones among them,are almost unbelieveable! I hope my comment layout is the one you wanted. I actually enjoyed learning about that. I never knew such options existed!

Your tulips are beautiful.... but here in my part of Tennessee those daffodils are called buttercups. That is what my grandfather always called them. His birthday was in Feburary and he loved them he always joked they would bloom just for him on this birthday. Yours with the orange tipped cups are very pretty.

Love all the beautiful spring flowers.I understand about wanting the flowers to wait until all frost is past.Unfortunately,where I live that is pretty common.Somehow the plants always bounce back. Blessings,Ruth

Spring in Tennessee is so beautiful. Your tulips are gorgeous! You seem to have all of the colors of the rainbow. I'm stuck in NYC becaus eof the blizzard and my husband and girls told me they got quite a bit of snow today too.

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the tulips are just plain ole wonderful. such bright colors and your yard is beautiful. I hope your flowers don't bloom until after the last freeze comes around. this has been a really cold winter.My mother loved jonquils, when we looked out her kithen window the yard was full of them, even in the window box.

covered in snow, but dreaming of spring.tulips are my favorite looking flower-yellow and red are my favorites and i love purple.my mom loves daffodils- they remind me of her- growing up in arizona we never could grow such beautiful spring blooms, but here in utah- we can and i love em!

Beautiful flowers Betsy, I love all the Tulips and Daffodils. I understand your statement now, it is bad for them to bloom that early.

I am concerned that we might have the same problem here this year. My daffodils and lilies are starting to push out of the ground. It's still February and I am going to have blooms by early March, hopefully they won't freeze.